Sooooo. 60% of my brain is fat…. and 75% of my brain is water…. I wonder where the other negative 35% comes from?

blurp

zombies eat brains… so you're safe

tv_paul

#^

So that's why those light bulbs pop over peoples head when they have an idea.

tv_paul

I thumbs myself down for screwing up the first posting. Does anyone know how to remove a post when stuff like this happens?

PDiddily420

I think you have to set up an Intense debate account in order to edit and delete comments.

tv_paul

Thanks, good to know.

tv_paul

#6

So that's why those light bulbs pop over peoples head when they have an idea.

Unnecessary

So that's why light bulbs pop over peoples' heads when they have an idea!

Fuckyoi

So that's why light bulbs pop over peoples' heads when thy have an idea!

Casey

So that's why light bulbs pop over peoples' heads when thy have an idea!

LucretiusCarus

#2 And approximately 25% of the cholesterol in the human body is located in the brain.

Slappy_McGee

That sounds like a challenge.

iu chiver

so its 20% oxygen, 75% water, and 60% fat

LucretiusCarus

The "facts" aren't properly worded. The brain is ~75% water by weight and of the solid tissue as much as 60% can be fat (because of the large amount of membrane).

You just didn't read properly on the oxygen one–it CONSUMES about 20% of all oxygen in the brain primarily because glycolysis/oxidative-phosphorylation is the only power source in the brain.

Trig

Ohhh! Check out the big brain on LucretiusCarus!

LucretiusCarus

That's right, the metric system.

I paid attention in biochem class

SatbehindLucretius

I cheated off of you in biochem class

LucretiusCarus

You're welcome.

Critic

Ohhh! Check out the lack of a sense of humor on LucretiusCarus!

LucretiusCarus

It was funny when Trig did it. You…not so much.

Dave

Fat cells have water in them, genius.

Water is also 1/3 oxygen too.

Wrong

Water is 2/3 hydrogen

Dave

congratulations on working out that 3/3 – 1/3 = 2/3

idiot

Wrong

Trollolololololol

Rob

By mass, hydrogen is 1/17th of a water molecule.

johnny depth

and 155% of accurate math

Don_Aguelo

15% more fat than the average Russian

I likey science

Oxygen = 16 Atomic Mass Units
2 Hydrogen @ 1.01AMU each = 2.02 AMU
Therefore, H2O = 18.02 AMU
Ratio of H per H2O = 2.02/18.02 which means……… drum-roll for this thrilling and exciting fact that is about the be presented… H20 is about 10.2% by mass hydrogen!!!!!

I does the math much more gooder then all of you all you. DERP.

cheddar

I was told there would be no math!

Biggus Diccus

NEEEEEERRRRRDDDDDSSSSS!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=122605282 Graham Nichols

NERDALERT

blue_bronco

Who yawned when they read #18?

Rafael-RS

i did but i wanted to before seing the picture
true story

Geaux Tigers

WHY DOES THIS PICTURE MAKE ME WANT TO YAWN?!?!?!?!

therealbuckfoston

likewise, i'm sure

xbod

Guilty

cjdamien

this guy did, twice.

KyleGamgee

Nope.

Polo

I yawned after the first 'amazing' fact

SadeShadz

lol

Dave

#18 is simply bullshit. Science does NOT think that at all! 'Send more O2 to the brain' it has to go into the lungs, through arteries etc. by the time it gets to the brain it is NOT cool at all – it's body temp.

The fucking human race disgusts me. Anyone who doesn't do anything scientific in their lives is a fucking retard.

JHL1

Dave's not here.

Duh

It didn't mean literally cool it down temperature-wise, fucktard… I know, science is hard. Go back to hating on the internet… Much easier.

http://twitter.com/mattdwilson1984 @mattdwilson1984

I was going to say that! lol

Dave

idiot

SadeShadz

ME! >.<

Underbaker

Oh oh oh, I know this one!

You did!

MeIrakly

I just realized i did :O

Leeroy

This fact is wrong, oxygen doesn't increase in the body when you yawn, you don't feel more awake either… Think about it, you feel more tired when you yawn. It is more recently found that chimps yawn to signal a whole family that it is sleep time and this is believed to translate into humans, hence why yawning is contagious.

Ass Grease

I farted. I guess that's just a backwards yawn.

nadaal

I did.

BigRedGoat

#2 #10
140% of Russians agree!

bhvygc

sounds legit

KyleGamgee

Fat must contain water.

Giggity

Exactly. Maybe.

fendermallot

60% of the time, it works everytime!

Joe

Exactly how can this be possible? I think its all Bull Shit

Yames

beat me to it… Yay for math…

grog

also, whats up with magnets?

anon

In mother Russia, brain divide by zero

Picard_

#10 Maybe the Zombies are just thirsty.

Pinky

What are we going to do today Brain?

http://www.cupcakesbymartha.com MarthaJeane

The same thing we do every day Pinky… Wait impatiently for the DAR.

Bullet knuts

"What ever I feel like I wanna do, GOSH!!"

Das

Brainstuffs

buba

#16 Haters gonna hate

zencat

How can the brain be 60% fat ans 75% water? I call bullshit on this post

NOLA

60% of brain mass which is solid (not water/fluid) could be one way/

slaytan

Because fat also contains water so some of that 75% is contained in the fat as well as other parts of the brain

Fathead

'fat also contains water'

Oh lawd help me.

Chelmsford Spuds

LOLz maybe be they mean water contains the fat? Jesus wept…

maraloc

Not only that, but claiming that the brain has more synapses than stars in the universe is bullshit too. We simply have no idea of how many stars are in the universe.

JPZ

The nerdified answer is… latest estimate is 3 to 100 x10^22 stars in the universe, which is obv much greater than the 4 x 10^15 the article said. BULLSHIT!

Fish

I think it means 'visible' universe, or it could be crazy hyperbole;

Still, better than that one which said "our brains have more connections than there are atoms in the universe", which was just plain retarded.

BabyFarts Magizax

#9 holy smokes

Sarah

Its 60% fat and 75% water?

DubCitySin

60% of solid mass fat?
75% of liquid mass water?

just a thought?

monocogger

maybe one is by volume and the other by weight? Dunno.

Silly Woman

Don't you know that trying to do math is just Satan's way of distracting you from your duties as a female.

M.O.T.

#2 #10
And the other 40% is made up of green goo. True story.

SMT

That's Possimpible!

anony

#18 admit you yawned

j22

i did. no bulshit.

Underbaker

I did not, I play that game with my wife all the time and I win (about the only thing I ever win).

sploodge

If you pay attention, you'll notice that there is an identical post just a couple of spots up… Please don't take up valuable comment space.

still pissed

She's still pissing me off chive- hot chicks to drool at please…

http://twitter.com/geurtr @geurtr

Are brainfarts caused by eating to much fatty food ?

NOLA

What does #8 mean?

Dan

neurons are more tightly packed b/c of more connections which increases density. they usually have more mental flexibility as a result

dub

Yeah I'm confused on this one too. It sounds like my Mexican baby wrote it.

socalmarti

!gente ignorante!

Mrs_Conejo

#10
this is why we have headaches when hungover. your brain sacrifices water for other organs and shrinks.

BostonChiver.

If you take 2 potassium pills, or eat a banana, before sleeping and upon waking you will reduce your hangover pain and recovery time greatly. Truth.

CaptainInsano

That's assuming I don't throw up the banana

Black6dog

Tip of the day kids: drink a bunch of water before you pass out and you'll substantially reduce your hangover if you have one at all, true story

weiner.

untrue. you have a headache when the lining on your skull loses water. As the post said earlier, your brain doesnt feel pain so if it was dehydrated it wouldnt start hurting….it hurts when it moves around and your skull isnt protected by its normal lining.

Mrs_Conejo

I said nothing about the brain hurting.

weiner.

you said your brain loses water which give you a headache. usually when pain results from something happening to an object, its the object that hurts. (ex-you bang your knee, its your knee that hurts.) therefore by saying if your BRAIN loses water, its your BRAIN that hurts.
its your skull lining that loses water.

Ali Ackbah

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tom

"consist" not "consists"

sploodge

grammar nazi gonna hate

Chris

That doesn't even make sense in that sentence.

Matt

And knowing is half the battle, GI JOE!!

The Brain

the brain doesn't stop growing until in the mid twenties, 25 or so, definitely some solid internet facts on this post

therealbuckfoston

well, if its on the internet, it must be true…

Black6dog

That, and #15, your brain's ability to communicate doesn't slow down, it's just like having a conversation with people before and after you're drunk, the other people don't make any sense and you have to repeat yourself a lot

Michael

It may be talking about physical growth, which stops at about that age. The brain continues 'developing' until about 25, you're right…

BostonChiver.

Tdawg

I wish i could give you 100 thumbs up for that

Einstein

So according to #2 and #10 our brains are 135% fat and water

Hunter X

dumbass. Fat is 90% water. you no math so good.

Spence

This post no math so good. #17 40,000 times 100 billion would not give you the correct number of synapses… they share connections, so you can't use basic multiplication.

Groggy

It also assumes that we've pegged the size of the universe and the total number of stars in it. That's retarded.

therealbuckfoston

guess again, einsteen;

simondoyle1988

fat is made up of a lot of water so that one is ok but there are a few that dont make sence

Engage

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